Blair Jacobson

Managing Director, Private Debt Group
Ares Capital Managment

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Main Conference Day 2 -

Thursday, October 9th, 2014

11:40 Community forum: Private debt and credit - What’s essential to know for 2014?

- Which private debt products are seeing the most activity, and how it’s impacting the wider market?

- What will the banks do? Is direct lending a short-lived fad?

- Is there too much money and are there too many players in the private debt and credit space?

- For how long will investors be interested in this space? What are the key factors?

12:10 Community forum: Evolving investor approaches to debt financing, shifting business models and what it will take to succeed in the buoyant debt markets

- Will the banks come back in to the debt world or wont they? Does it actually matter?

- How are institutional investors approaching debt financing and shifting business models?

- What are institutional investors looking for in a lending manager?